This morning I woke up and made my last minute packing preparations. Then, Beda drove me to Zurich Airport where I would be taking Swiss LX 40 return to Los Angeles. The airport was packed and I had a good amount of time in the terminal. After I finally boarded the plane and took off it was around 15:00. It was a good eleven hour flight and I was happy to be home. I thank everyone who took the time to read my blog this summer and I hope to keep it up to date every so often as well. Some additional statistics: I shot 15,010 frames this trip, the trip lasted nine weeks and four days including the EF Tour, as of this moment the blog has 787 views.
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This morning I started with traveling to Beda to CC. When we arrived at Cash and Carry, the restaurant supply store, I began my shopping. This included more than twenty five bars of chocolate and other Swiss specialties. I then got dropped off at the apartment to pack everything into my bags. I then finished up some housekeeping at the apartment before returning to the restaurant. Later at the restaurant, I helped prep some things and string up some lights outside. Afterwards Kevin, Beda, and I went out for dinner as it is my last night here in Switzerland. I am preparing for a long day tomorrow and need to rest.
Today was another day full of walking. After arriving down in the restaurant, I prepared to leave once again for the day. I arrived in Zürich Stadelhofen at around noon to meet a family friend of ours. She lives here in Switzerland and took the day off work. First we got some lunch at a local Bratwurst stand which is known for one of the best Bratwursts in Zürich. It was. We then walked down to Lake Zürich and ate our lunch along the lake. When we were finished we started walking along the side of the lake. It was a beautiful sunny day and I loved the beauty of simply walking and talking. Later after walking about two miles, we took a tram back into the main city part of Zürich and began walking around the old town there. This included the Grossmünster a large church in the heart of Zürich where I walked up one of the towers to shoot over Zürich . We then returned to the train station and I wished her goodbye before leaving to the Prime Tower. The Prime Tower is a skyscraper in Zuerich nown by many as the most technological building in Zürich. I took the elevator up to the top so that I would be able to take more pictures of the city. After returning to the restaurant later in the evening, I helped prep some stations for dinner and wash salad before going to the apartment and finally to bed.
Today was a very busy day. I woke up around 07:00 and got ready to leave with Kevin. After packing everything for the day, we left for Lucerne. In Lucerne there is a museum known as Verkehrshaus der Schweiz or Transportation Home of Switzerland. This is a museum all about the different forms of transportation and their largest exhibit, trains. Kevin and I explored the museum with exhibits like model railways to car shows. My favorite exhibit was the interactive flight simulator where both Kevin and I flew in a full motion flight simulator for a Northrop F - 5 Tiger fighter jet. After leaving the museum at around 14:30 we took another train to the other side of Lucerne where we arrived at a glass making factory, Glasi Hergiswil. This factory is actually makes all hand made glass products and has been there since 1817. After the museum tour which included watching the process for some different products, Kevin and I also walked through their Glas-Labyrint. This was a large room with one pathway to exit but, it where difficult to see where the difference between glass, mirrors, or nothing to continue walking through was. Both museums today were interesting and I am so delighted I had the chance to visit them before I leave.
Editor's Note: The Pictures from "Switzerland's Independence Day" have been added. Today was Switzerland's Independence Day and after waking up, Beda, Kevin, and I traveled to Uznach where we Beda's friend had invited us to brunch. The brunch was at a local barn where they had prepared a wonderful Swiss meal including traditional Swiss folk music and people who dressed up. After brunch we traveled to Beda's friends home where we spend the remainder of the afternoon. It was kind of nice to take a vacation from the vacation (if that makes sense) in the sense that I did not have to travel or go anywhere today. After returning back to the Villa later this evening we took out some fireworks which we had prepared and fired them over the lake. A few of the local lake side gemeinde (towns) also put together a large firework show which could be seen for miles in the center of Lake Zürich. Everything was beautiful and I am so excited to have been here on Switzerland's Independence Day.
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Alexander KitanoAlexander Kitano is a talented photographer with a passion for photography. Here are some of his journals he has made throughout his carear. Archives
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